What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

I ordered my Kibler Kit on Sunday…Notified this morning the Kit is done and ready to ship…just turned into a Unicorn Day

Ordered a trapper hawk from Bravehawk Forge.

I got lucky!
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut from time to time

Tinkering mostly, made a frizzen guard and a couple of power measures.

Cast a bunch of .40 and .32 balls

garypl said:

Cast a bunch of .40 and .32 balls
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Going to do some of that myself this weekend, 390's, 490's and maybe 530's

RM

I got the front sight filed down for 50 yard zero, but it was so humid here (80+% and dewpoint at 70 degrees) things turned to glop pretty quickly so group work will have to wait for now.

I can definitely tell a difference in the Schuetzen powder and the Diamondback I have been using, so I'm going to have to work on load development. I was shooting the same 60 grain 3F charge as I did with the diamondback. The first thing I noticed was MUCH less recoil! I double and triple checked my powder measure...yup 60 grains. Also seemed like more of a boom than the sharp crack I was getting. If/when we get some decent weather here, which it appears isn't going to be anytime soon, I'll get more excited about load development. I'm suspecting I may have to bump up the charge, but I am kind of enjoying the gentler shove I get now, lol! One other observation, the fouling seems to be much softer with the Schuetzen. I'm liking that part!

Working on a rifle for myself getting it finished up for the season this fall. Finally getting the finish coats on it. Tried to attach photos but I will have to figure out how to change the settings on my camera with the file being to big to post

I wish I could tell you all that I smell like burnt powder from shooting but I spent today loading 100+ large round bales of hay today. We are trying to help the ranchers deal with the area's drought and baled our meadows. The deer still have the abandoned RR track and two creek bottoms to browse which is more than enough for them.

GrandLakeHunter said:

I wish I could tell you all that I smell like burnt powder from shooting but I spent today loading 100+ large round bales of hay today.

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Same here pard.

RonRC said:

Took two Ohio - Vincent style rifles up to a private, outdoor range. This could be the last of the opportunities to use this range as the county is going to terminate the lease to the club and build a public range there. It's a shame to close down the range, and therefore the club, after its 60 year existence.
These are the rifles that I shot from one of the rifle houses:
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The shape of the butt stock forces the rifle to be held more on the bicep than nestled in the shoulder. As a result, I came home with a hefty bruise on my bicep. That is little price to pay for the fun in shooting the rifles!
Ron

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Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!!

Walt

RonRC said:

Took two Ohio - Vincent style rifles up to a private, outdoor range. This could be the last of the opportunities to use this range as the county is going to terminate the lease to the club and build a public range there. It's a shame to close down the range, and therefore the club, after its 60 year existence.
These are the rifles that I shot from one of the rifle houses:
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The shape of the butt stock forces the rifle to be held more on the bicep than nestled in the shoulder. As a result, I came home with a hefty bruise on my bicep. That is little price to pay for the fun in shooting the rifles!
Ron

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Absolute art.

Today and last few days. Got a jackdor son found it on allotment , nice to save her from foxes. Have a nice cage but the door always open. Made a harness and lead and we can both go down the garden loves grapes an Musily drinks water so she’s fit and well but can only fly a yard or too she’s free to go once she can fly. But they usually hand around as they love humans very hot in Uk. Scrubbing out 15ft dia pool just bought new pressure washer

She’s tied up on patio and gone into cool undergrowth. She seems happy

Ran a match with the Talking Rock BPShooters. 18 folks, winner was a shooters grandson, second time he has shot a flinter. 15 yrs old. Kids and their young eyes. Geez.

Had a buddy find this Austrian Cavalry carbine in a Flea market. We spent a week or so researching it and examining it with a bore scope. We decided that it would be safe enough to fire but could not get airflow through the nipple. The nipple was not going to come out without a fight so we left that for later but ran small twist drills by hand into the nipple hole and removed a good deal of dust and minor rust. We were well past the chamber and still no passage of air. The borescope showed that the flash hole was skimmed over with rust/accumulation. We packed the nipple hole with 4f priming powder and popped a cap, nothing. We were able to put more powder in the next time and again, no movement of the paper on the deck. Third time was a charm, smoke rolled out the barrel. Loaded it with 40 gr 3f and a wad of paper towel. Nice ignition. Re-scoped the bore and saw that the hole was completely open and actually was in excellent condition. Loaded it with 50 gr of 3f and a loose wadded 62 cal ball (the bore is 72 cal.) and sent it. A great day with detailed cleaning and a cookout afterward.

built a pistol loading stand for the 4-H kids.

Had way too much fun shooting that Austrian cavalry rifle on Saturday. Decided to go through my spares and parts bins and see what I could find. I had a New Englander stock, a New Englander barrel with corroded bore for the fist 6 inches from the muzzle, no furniture. I cobbled up a barrel tenon and had sections of under-rib and some ferrules. Lopped the barrel at 14" and had some weird thought of making the muzzle look a little different. Was thinking wedding rings but settled on cannon muzzle. Did not like it. This morning it dawned on me that the muzzle shape would work well to anchor a custom ramrod that would not hurt your palm in use.

Update: Got to shoot it today between rain squalls. Seven for seven hits on the 25 yard gong offhand. What we need sights for?

I made HomeMade IceCream with the GrandKids…because that’s what Muzzleloader’s do when it’s really hot out…

BrianL said:

Had way too much fun shooting that Austrian cavalry rifle on Saturday. Decided to go through my spares and parts bins and see what I could find. I had a New Englander stock, a New Englander barrel with corroded bore for the fist 6 inches from the muzzle, no furniture. I cobbled up a barrel tenon and had sections of under-rib and some ferrules. Lopped the barrel at 14" and had some weird thought of making the muzzle look a little different. Was thinking wedding rings but settled on cannon muzzle. Did not like it. This morning it dawned on me that the muzzle shape would work well to anchor a custom ramrod that would not hurt your palm in use.

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AWESOME!!

Put together a 15 minute 50 yard offhand gong with contents from the scrap iron pile….By far the best use I have found for a dang torque converter.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. TR